Everything You Need to Know about Twitch at PAX East 2013

PAX East, one of the largest consumer gaming conventions in North America, returns to Boston this Friday, March 22 – 24, and we’ll be right there on the show floor during the daytime, and taking over the night life in the evenings. If you can’t make it to Boston for this sold out event, don’t freak out! Follow the official PAX channel and get tuned in to some of the best content available from the show, including in-depth panels and the concert series.

Not only that, but we’ll be on broadcasting from our brand-new booth, featuring some of your favorite broadcasters (Siglemic, Destructoid, GreatGQ), a chance to win an elusive Twitch purple hoodie, as well as hosting the hottest party of the weekend. Check out all the information below and we’ll see you in Boston!

PAX East Broadcast Schedule
Watch the best of what PAX East has to offer with the official live broadcast direct from the main stages. From thought provoking presentations with industry luminaries, live concerts and of course, the infamous Omegathon tournament, there’ll be plenty of exciting content all weekend long.

Twitch Booth (#924)
Finally, Twitch has come back to Boston! We’ll be debuting a brand-new booth on the show floor and we’ll have a full schedule of content including how-to broadcast tutorials, live speedruns by the enigmatic Siglemic, as well as guests from premium developers and partners such as Destructoid, Wired, and our very own Twitch community.

Everyone wants to get their hands on the exclusive, staff-only Twitch purple hoodies. So at PAX East, we’re finally going to give the general public an opportunity to do exactly that, as one lucky attendee per day will walk away with the prestigious garment.

FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Stop by the front desk at the Twitch booth and fill out the simple entry form for your chance to win. Then, return to the Twitch booth at 2:30PM EST where we’ll be drawing eight names. Those eight lucky contestants will be brought up to the stage and be pitted against one another in mortal combat, or at the very least, a challenging test of gaming skill where one shall walk away a Twitch hoodie richer!

SUNDAY
Join our friends at Video Games Awesome on the Twitch main stage where they’ll be hosting a special cosplay contest, in which the winner (to be decided by Video Games Awesome) shall receive a Twitch purple hoodie. Be there starting at 3PM EST in your finest cosplay ensambles for your chance to win!

Twitch Party Details

Be prepared to dress to impress as our notorious night life events return to the city of Boston. We have two parties for PAX East attendees this year: our usual, Friday night rager, along with a more low-key community gathering on Saturday night.

Join members of the Twitch staff, broadcasters and community for a night of song and dance.

Twitch Panel Participation

Twitch staff will be on the following panels during PAX East. Be sure to pay them a visit!

Twister Tales: Breaking Into Gaming & Partying On!
Date: Friday, March 22nd @ 7:00pm-8:00pm
Location: Arachnid Theatre
Twitch Marketing and Events Director Amber Dalton will participate in this panel along with more of gaming’s biggest event producers to address working the party scene to network into a dream job in the gaming industry.

eSports in 2013: The Past, Present, and Future
Date: Sunday, March 24th @ 4:00pm-5:00pm
Location: Naga Theatre
Twitch eSports manager and senior manager of partnerships Marcus “djWHEAT” Graham will
present a session alongside GameSpot’s Rod “Slasher” Breslau about the origins of eSports
as the movement continues to grow, the current state of the industry, and what the future will bring.

What size shoes do you wear? I can do the conversion, but I may be able to help you out.

Jason Rubydragon

wish i was old enough to go

http://jasonrundell.com/ Jason Rundell

I was ready to pay $10 but you’re not covering ESO. I would have thought it was a decent enough title that TWITCH would have had something on it.

Diana

Wow 21+? They should have made it 18+ Guess I’ll have to wait

http://www.facebook.com/raymond.lagrange.5 Raymond LaGrange

Wow. They are even inviting Siglemic to PAX. This should be fun. FrankerZ.

http://twitter.com/TheKthanid Cameron Everett

Sad that there’s no coverage of the Strip Search Panel

Legorol

The post claims that the times stated are in EST (Eastern Standard Time). Can you please double-check and confirm that this is indeed the case and not a mistake (like I suspect it is)?

Note that Boston (which is where PAX East is) is currently on EDT (Eastern Daylight Time), as is most of the east coast of US, which is 1 hour ahead of EST.

For reference:
EST : Eastern Standard Time = UTC-5
EDT : Eastern Daylight Time = UTC-4 (the current time zone in Boston)

If I really do tune in to events based on the EST time, when in fact you mean EDT, I will be 1 hour late and miss the events.

This kind of mistake can cause a big confusion to international audiences who may not be aware of how/when the US switches to daylight time. If those folks enter EST into any of the time/date/timezone websites, they will be mislead.

http://twitter.com/DGBM1 DGBM

Even though Daylight Saving Time has been around for decades, people still get this wrong all the time. It’s pathetic really.

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